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Video editing involves highly of scene transitions that allow one scene to move smoothly to another. It is a technique that helps portray the exact progression of one emotion to another. Inappropriate application of film transitions may lead to some confusion on the scene representation.

This is the commonly used film transition since the beginning of filmmaking history. This is usually applied when a scene is instantly replaced with another. Technically, a cut is frequently necessary for the movement of the scenes, but, it mostly imposes an interpretation from the viewers as to why the film needs to move onto the next scene. Mainly, it serves for the effect of juxtaposition to achieve the completion of the storyline.

Dissolve

Dissolve is also popularly known as overlapping. To gradually insert the next scene from the current one, editors apply this type of transition. For a very brief period of time, almost only for a fraction of a second, both scenes are visible altogether. On scenes where the story tries to tell a significant channel of time, this film transition is the perfect application for the desired outcome.

Wipe

This is a very dynamic form of film transition. With animations, creative graphics, and special effects. Customarily seen in sci-fi and futuristic films, this projects the most imaginative transitions of scenes and actions.

Fade-In/Out

This is another prevalently used film transition throughout the years of the filmmaking industry. Fade-ins are applied mostly used at the beginning of the film to introduce solid colors to the picture. Fade-outs, on the other hand, is used during the end of the film to reduce the picture slowly replacing with either plain black or any other solid color.

Fades are quite dramatically used because of its capability to provide an intense effect, especially towards the end of the film. Some filmmakers even use it to end a film series to leave quite an impression to its viewers.

Iris

The Iris is an old-fashioned way to apply in a film. Iris originally looks like a pupil dilating or contracting to give either an introduction or a conclusion effect. However, other editors use other shapes as well with the same type of movement.